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Weekly Notes for October 3, 2026 on three 2026 IPOs and why the IPO price is not the price you pay

Weekly Notes — October 3, 2026

I am working on this post mid-flight heading out to see my daughter for Family Weekend at LSU. The prices you see below are Thursday’s closing prices from October 1st. Once I touch down in Louisiana, we have a crazy…

Money and Inspiration Weekly Notes cover for July 11, 2026, covering Meta's best week since early 2024 driven by new AI models and a Bank of America note on lower-than-expected AI infrastructure costs, the SK Hynix IPO on the Nasdaq raising $26.5 billion as the largest ever U.S. IPO by a foreign company, and a personal reflection on stepping away from the market during a difficult family week and trusting the framework built when things were calm.

Weekly Notes — July 11, 2026

This one is going to be a little different from usual. I want to open with something personal and let the market piece follow. It has been an unusually hard week for me at home, and honestly, showing up to…

Money and Inspiration Weekly Notes cover for June 13, 2026, covering SpaceX's record-breaking $75 billion IPO, Alphabet's $80 billion equity raise with Berkshire's $10 billion commitment, and a week of headline-driven market volatility.

Weekly Notes — June 13, 2026

This was a wild week. The market swung in both directions on news that mostly was not about the companies whose stocks were moving. Alphabet’s record stock issuance from last week kept teaching its lesson. And on Friday, the largest…

Money and Inspiration Weekly Notes cover for May 23, 2026, covering NVIDIA earnings, the Cerebras IPO, and the cost of FOMO.

Weekly Notes — May 23, 2026

Welcome to Weekly Notes. This is the first one, so a quick word on what it is. Once a week — Saturdays — I’ll pull together a couple of things that caught my eye in money and markets, and try…